Self-feeder for stock



Sept. 25 1923.

c. c. WESTERMAN SELF FEEDER FOR STOCK Filed Oct. 24. 1922 Patented Sept. 25, 1923.

CLAUDE C. VIESTERHZAN, 0T3 BEEMEN, OHIO, ASS 1 3N012 OFONE-HQLF '30 G, L., VJES'EEE rarest iOfiF-EQE.

MIAN, CF BREE/ZEN, DI-I10.

SELF-FEEDER roe.

Application filed Getobcr Juno. hJFQlIlVCHtQL'l a new and useful Sort-Feeder for Stock, of which'the l fo lowing i a specification.

\ v r 13A 1-4 ibis invention relates to steel; ieeee s more particularly to sort feeders tor of the invention is to l waste, to economize in space and time of attendant .t to eat at will.

nothe: object is to so conslru of LlliS Cllillitlllfil that the animals may iced 1 ,1 I v. p causes 2h e With the foregoing and other rbje view, which will appear as the description proceeds the invention resides the cor bination and arrangement parts and in the details of const uction hereinai understood within the scope of wl is elalinc-rl, ha; ges in the precise embodiment of the inin f g "rem tie spirit of the invention. the accompanying drawings:

' Fig. 1 represents a plan view with parts broken out or" the feeder constituting this invention, the top being removed to disclose t ie interior.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical secti n thereoi and Fig. 3 is a detail front elevation. I

In the embodiment illustrated the constituting this invention comprises a. container 1 in the form of a hopper which may be constructed of any suitable material, preferably of sheet metal and which maybe of any desired size according to the V of feed to be held. This hopper as shown is cylindrical in form and is mounted in a trough like bottom 2 having an upstanding peripheral flange 2 This trough 2 extends radially beyond the hopper 1 the lower end or" the hopper being supported by means of brackets 3 secured to the bottom of the trough 2 as is shown clearly in Fig. 2.

A cone-shaped feed spreader 4: projects upwardly into the lower end of the liopperrl from the bottom or" the trough 2 and has e bounty of Fa r-field t a leader STOCK.

a bolt 7 extending through the ape qthereo lfi A plurality of ilerzi le elements here shown in the torm of chains 6 are secured at one end to the bolt 7 and at their other ends to the upper edge or the flange 2 at circumtereiitially spaced intervals.

A plurality of spaced cross bars 5 con-- ncct the lower end the hopper 1 wit-lithe flange 2* and operate to prevent the hogs or other animals from rooting out tli'efee'd, thus avoiding waste. These cross bars 5 arranged to alternate with the ohains as is shown clearly in These chains 6 are designed to be moved by the rom the hopper. 7

An adgusting r111 or band 8 is mounted on the lower end of the hopper 1 and is designed to be noved up or down to Vary the space between the bottom of the trough and. the lower of the hopper to adapt ear corn or shelled corn to be fed at the will of the user. This band 8 is secured in adjusted posi ion on the hopper by means of screws or bolts 9, the hopper and the ring having spaced registering apertures to receive the bolts according tothe position in which the band is to be located. Thisband 8 is also provided with transversely extending openings 8 through which the cross bars 5 extend and which permit the band to be adjusted in themanner above described.

A rain shieldv 1G is mounted on the hopper 1 above the trough 2 and is held adjustably thereon by means ofstraps or support ing strips 11 which are equipped with a plurality of spaced apertures which are designed to register with cooperating aper tures in the hopper 1 so that the shield may be moved up or down to position it toward or away from the trough according to the protection desired to be afforded the contents of the trough. This shield 10 is inclined downwardly and outwardly as dome-shaped lid 13 is provided and which is equipped on its inner face with a plurality of depending brackets .14 designed to en gage the inner face of the hopper 1 to hold the lid in operative position. This lid 13- extends beyond the outer face of the hopper 1 to avoid rain driving in around the edges thereof. A "handle 15 is prov vided for manipulating the top and as shown extends transversely across the apex thereof.

This self feeder while primarily designed for feeding hogs may be used for feeding sheep or cattle, it of course being understood that whe'n it is used for larger animals the the rain shield raised to permit the heads of the animals to be freely inserted under it.

I claim: p

1. In a feeder'of the class described a hopper, a trough arranged below and spaced from said hopper, a cone-shaped spreader carried by said trough and extending into said'hopper, means for varying the space between the hopper and-the trough, and a plurality of chains secured at one end to the apex of said spreader and at their other ends to the outer wall of the trough.

size of the trough will be increased and hopper and the trough intervals, and

chains arranged to alternate with saidcross bars and connected at one end with the trough and at their'other end with apex of the spreader whereby the animal feeding may manipulate the chains to shake down feed from the hopper into the trough.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed mysignature in the presence of two witnesses.

CLAUDE. o. WESTERMAN'.

Witnesses:

E. T. PURvIs, MARY HOCKMAN. 

